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On 3/1/2024 at 10:51 AM, PhilipB2k17 said:

I got my one off example, with a coffee joke. But, I have to admit, getting a Sunday with the Garfield Title is intriguing. Given how prices are, I might pull the trigger.

mauahahahah

On 9/11/2021 at 5:12 PM, Yorick said:

Dingle's artwork is really growing on me.  I like these quite a bit!  I assume he was doing interior work as well?

Who is this female character on Dime 26?  And what year is it?

Dingle is awesome.   He did do some interiors.   He was also the art director for Bell features.   
 

Polka Dot Pirate.   Likely the back half of 1945.

On 2/29/2024 at 3:50 PM, sfcityduck said:

 Top of his head.

That's it.  thank you.   Hard to tell with the limited colors!

ah yes, thank you - the strafe explains the air coming out of the boat.... but what's up with his face?   Looks like a golden mask/beak thing.

On 2/29/2024 at 10:10 AM, grapeape said:

These are tough Javier. Unless its dirt....dirt...cheap like twenty bucks, stay away. Is there any verifiable provenace for the piece? I'm not talking about COA's which are worthless in our hobby. Just provenance... like a chain of ownership to atleast see if the story matches the art.

its a waste of twenty bucks in this case, unfortunately.

Run don't walk  

Now that I'm looking at my own book more closely, can anyone tell me what is going on in that cover?   I don't know why the guy in the back of the inflatable boat has a strange face.   Maybe its explained inside; I haven't read it yet.

well, if we are all posting our most recent pickups, then this is mine. 

On 11/17/2023 at 4:55 PM, Tbone911t said:

Hadn't posted since I picked this up

nice condition, congrats

congrats, great books!

On 2/26/2024 at 9:08 PM, Kryptic1 said:

The Garfield cabal is forming right before our eyes!

You are correct.    The Illumicati  meet on days like today - Tuesdays.   Never Mondays.

On 2/26/2024 at 9:34 AM, tth2 said:

I totally agree.  I would've made the same revisions if someone had posted the same thing about Peanuts.

It's why I really only collect most comic strips from the first few years of their runs, because that's when you can expect that their creators were still really doing the work and the stories/gags were still strong.  For example, having read "Blondie" since the early 1970s, I always thought it was a terrible, stale strip.  But seeing strips from the early 1930s when they've been auctioned by Heritage, when Chic Young was still doing the work and there was a really interesting story between Blondie and Dagwood unfolding, has been a revelation. 

I have massive respect for Bill Watterson because he walked away while C&H was still going strong rather than continuing to milk it, even though I'm sure he left many millions on the table as a result. 

Is there a blondie reprint collection you'd recommend?

On 2/26/2024 at 9:34 AM, tth2 said:

I totally agree.  I would've made the same revisions if someone had posted the same thing about Peanuts.

It's why I really only collect most comic strips from the first few years of their runs, because that's when you can expect that their creators were still really doing the work and the stories/gags were still strong.  For example, having read "Blondie" since the early 1970s, I always thought it was a terrible, stale strip.  But seeing strips from the early 1930s when they've been auctioned by Heritage, when Chic Young was still doing the work and there was a really interesting story between Blondie and Dagwood unfolding, has been a revelation. 

I have massive respect for Bill Watterson because he walked away while C&H was still going strong rather than continuing to milk it, even though I'm sure he left many millions on the table as a result. 

interesting, I'll have to read the 30s blondies.    I know it only to be pablum.

On 2/26/2024 at 9:24 AM, KirbyCollector said:

Schulz wrote and drew the strip by himself (with the aid of some computer lettering at the very end) for almost 50 years. You may consider some of Schulz's strips tired at the end, and the lines scratchy, but they were his -- not some faceless committee's.

a) Schulz was the better talent yes.

b) Schulz's strips at the end weren't "tired" they were atrocious, and I say that despite ranking Peanuts as the #1 strip all time.

c) Lasagna.

And no I’m not saying it’s as good as peanuts was, but when I think of the comics strips in the 1980s, it’s absolutely in the top tier.   It was one of the strips people looked forward to reading for a 8 second gag with their coffee.    How will Garfield boot Odie in the butt this time?   Will Jon ever get a date? Etc.   That’s more than enough for it to be collectible.    There’s a metric ton of strips but so what.   I think it’s great there’s so many available. 
 

Take Garfield and give it Calvin and Hobbes levels of scarcity and these are six figure strips (for the early ones at least).    Put that in your pipe and smoke it 🙃

On 2/26/2024 at 12:43 AM, tth2 said:

FTFY 

Ehhh.   You could say the same thing about any strip that’s been running 40 years.    As we’ve discussed, refer to exhibits Patty and Marcie. 

RIP Ed.

On 2/25/2024 at 2:29 PM, brainbats said:

That's Bob Kane territory.

I don't think that's a fair comparison.   Jim put in some years and developed the characters and to my understanding got busy handling all the licensing and admin.    He also continued to write the strip for... I don't know how many years but when he stopped drawing he was still writing the gags, drawing the preliminary panels, and just passing off the finished art.   Still very involved.

Batgirl with the big bazongas will go nuts in a 7.0.    I don't think too many pulps will have tons of staying power after this initial wave of interest from slabbing but that one will.   Big bazongas never seem to go out of style 

IIRC up to 1980 its all jim.    Anytime in 1981 or later you're starting to look at the team model.    I like the look of the team strips actually but I also think the writing was best early on.

On 2/22/2024 at 2:52 PM, MrBedrock said:

Sorry. Even a bath doesn't help with the smell.

"he has a presence about him, you might say..."

I always know its you before I even see your avatar Richard  Wonderful books as always.    Your collection is pretty glorious, congrats.

My gut says barely over 100k.   Not over 125. 

well, on the positive side most of the front cover sounds original.   Definitely had more work than a Kardashian but its an action 1.